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Sri Lanka Through French Eyes

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Author : Lorna Srimathie Dewaraja
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Sri Lanka Through French Eyes written by Lorna Srimathie Dewaraja and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with France categories.

Desiring India Representations Through British And French Eyes 1584 1857

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Author : Niranjan Goswami
language : en
Publisher: Jadavpur University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-01

Desiring India Representations Through British And French Eyes 1584 1857 written by Niranjan Goswami and has been published by Jadavpur University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-01 with History categories.

The reception and construction of the image of India by the Western, in particular French, German and English travellers, writers and thinkers is the theme of this volume, a collection of twelve essays by academics from sundry parts of the globe. Giving a new twist to Indological, philological or postcolonial understanding of travel narratives, the authors here attempt to give fresh impetus to the discovery of India story from perspectives of cultural history, historiography, ethnography, material culture, economic modes of production, fictional travel, epistolary discourse, theatrical representation of widowhood, women in the Mutiny, feminist reading of the Mughal court, colonial painting and classical music. Circumscribed by the dates of the arrival of Ralph Fitch, the first English traveller and the Mutiny, the first War of Indian Independence this anthology revives an interest in the early modern to the colonial appropriation of India in the Western imaginary.

Devas Demons And Buddhist Cosmology In Sri Lanka

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Author : Achala Gunasekara-Rockwell
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-08-19

Devas Demons And Buddhist Cosmology In Sri Lanka written by Achala Gunasekara-Rockwell and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-19 with Social Science categories.

This book examines the worship of devas and demons in Sri Lanka, illustrating how diverse influences interacted to create the Sinhala Buddhist cosmology. The work explains the processes by which apotheosis plays an important role in revitalizing that cosmology. The author offers an examination of holy sites associated with the worship of Hūniyam. These sacred spaces each have a unique background historically, and the ritualists associated with these sites have divergent understandings concerning Hūniyam. Building upon the examination of the temples, the book delves into the iconography of Hūniyam, illustrating his transformation from demon to deity in the manner that he is depicted in imagery associated with his worship. The book moves to a discussion of Aritṭ ạ Kivenḍu Perumāl, a South Indian adventurer, demonstrating the likelihood that he is the historical figure later apotheosized as Hūniyam. Sri Lankan society felt his impact so strongly that in death he became a demon in the Sinhala Buddhist cosmology. Finally, the book demonstrates that the same apotheosis processes are at work today. This book will be of interest to researchers and students engaged in the study of religion, anthropology, folklore, and history, specifically in the South Asian context.

Plunging Through The Clouds

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Author : David K. Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1993-01-26

Plunging Through The Clouds written by David K. Reynolds and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-26 with History categories.

Constructive Living brings together two psychotherapies—Morita and Naikan— and their associated lifeways. Both therapies were developed in this century, but their roots extend back hundreds of years in East Asian history. Morita was a professor of psychiatry at Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo. Yoshimoto was a successful businessman who retired to become a lay priest in Nara. Morita's method has it origins in Zen Buddhist psychology, and Yoshimoto's Naikan has its origins in Jodo Shinshu Buddhist psychology. Neither of these systems requires that one believe in Buddhism or have faith in anything other than one's experience. They work as well for Christians and Moslems and Jews as for Buddhists. Both are built on the naturalistic observations of humans and careful introspection of their founders. Constructive Living isn't mystical or oriental, but practical and human.

Colombo

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Author : Carl Muller
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2000-10-14

Colombo written by Carl Muller and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10-14 with Literary Criticism categories.

Colombo is in the throes of an explosion. Its face changes continuously, its vices are legion, its future as yet obscure and its paths speak of sunlight as well as of shadow.-' Carl Muller begins his quasi-fictional portrait of this beautiful, war-torn city by describing the great battles fought over it by European colonizers-. In AD 1505, a Portuguese fleet blown off-course took shelter in Galle, overthrew the local kings, fortified Colombo and decided to stay. The Dutch came along, ousted the Portuguese, made Colombo their capital and ruled till the British arrived and sent them packing. Muller intersperses the tales of the past into descriptions of the battles that are being fought in Colombo today"political battles in which vested interests play a major role as well as battles fought on the individual level in the struggle to survive: young women and children turning to prostitution to earn an extra buck, people begging in the streets to make ends meet, unemployed young men turning to crime in frustration, students demonstrating against atrocities, lovers pining for nightfall in order to push away loneliness if only for a few moments... Written in Muller's lucid style, Colombo: A Novel is a chronicle of a city's trials and triumphs.